>> nice to see you today. >> you too. "happening now" starts right now. jon: today's top headlines. jenna: the white house rewriting a whole bunch of rules on obamacare saying it wants to move early to address concerns about the law. why critics call the move a political ploy. a new fox poll shows a presence approval rating hitting an all-time low. and olympic track star oscar pistorius as a witness describes the shooting scene. graphic an emotional testimony. a report from somebody inside the courtroom, it is all

"happening now." if you like your plan, you can keep it a little while longer now. not another major obamacare delay. cancellations right before the november elections. hope you're awfull off to a gret thursday so far. jon: the white house says millions of americans with what it calls bare-bones plans can keep them another two years even if they don't comply with the standards your president thinks your insurance plan should have. the administration says it will allow insurers to continue selling those basic plans through 2016. the delay extending next year's enrollment by another month giving states more time to decide whether to run their own marketplaces and buffer more exchanges from the high cost. the white house says the new rules are not about politics but also notes several democrats facing tough elections this fall

helped to craft these changes. let's get into it with the associate editor, senior editor and is a fox news contributor. what justification is the white house offering for another delay for the obamacare standards? >> they use shock absorbers, this is a way for people who found out their plans will be cancelled to stay on plans they like in order to avoid more cancellations taking place earlier this fall before the midterm elections were democrats are going to be defending obamacare. you can find a democrat in town who will admit this was a political decision. white house officials made and they said i was crafted with vulnerable senate democrats. jon: if this had not been passed, 11 million people may be

more in this country, 11 million policies that would have been cancelled in the days, weeks leading up to the election? >> the midterm election where they are in a very strong situation to take control of the senate. i am feeling sorry for hillary clinton right now because assuming she is the democratic nominee, we now have these delays at will delay cancellations of policies going into 2016, the presidential election year, and we have got as well the employer mandate, big chunks of that don't take place until 2016, so this is all kicking the can down the road politically. democrats are feeling the pain, 33% feel they perceive they were hurt directly by obamacare and

only 14% say they have been helped so if you're looking at a law that provides winners and losers, you want to maximize winners and minimize the impact of losing. jon: you say this delay is actually going to only hurt enrollment in obamacare and sort of depressed the overall numbers. what do you mean by that? >> it has been going on for six months, the tumultuous rollout, website problems, they are an enrollee are often not. it has not been paid on their behalf because of computer problems. now yo you're looking at the pee they are really eyeing. many had been previously insured. they are not part of the new universal coverage group we are looking at. the young healthy customers balancing out the sick and elderly are not going to be flooding into this system if

they keep reading there has been a 28th delay. everybody knows this is continuing to change on a monthly basis and we won't know the ramifications for years. if you are that healthy person doesn't want to put out a new monthly contribution for a bill you have paid before, something can get into the last minute with a pre-existing condition why are you going to join a system you don't know anything about because it changes so often? jon: they asked the same thing politicians have asked, in this program is so great, why do they keep delaying implementation of them? >> they are delaying its mentation because of unintended consequences. from democrats and people.

they received cancellations last fall until they delete this. again, it is a law that is about winners and losers, your winner population is limited. fewer people signing up and take advantage of obamacare than they had hoped and fewer people of the kind they need, younger, healthier people and hispanics by the way. meanwhile you've got this large population of people who are being hurt by it or companies being hurt by it, trying to balance out the impact of those two drives. jon: fewer people see the policies cancelled now at least until after election day. thank you both. jenna: new information the way americans feel about the president and a wide range of

issues. the president's job approval plummeting to a record low in a new fox pulling out, voters approve of how he is doing his job down 5% from just last month. 54% would disapprove the job performance up from the previous month. jon: the president not being doing so hot and improving the image around the world. one of his promises in 2012. 33% of voters say he is mostly succeeded at it. 59% say he has mostly failed reversal from just before he was reelected. we will show you some more of these new polls and show what they mean for the president and for his party in the november elections. jenna: take a live look at the conference kicking off today. some big names expected to speak as well including a few potential contenders for the

white house like new jersey governor chris christie. also, texas senator ted cruz, marco rubio with kindest man paul ryan and louisiana governor bobby tindall. on the ground in maryland with more on this event. what are they all talking about there? >> they talked on vision for the republican party in the future. no references to 2014 midterm the presidential campaign yet, but there are by some counts as many as 60 republicans eyeing 2016. it was kicked off by none other than texas senator ted cruz, he has repeatedly refused to rule out a run say he is interested in helping the country but has stopped in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. very feisty, very combative. he called washington insiders and consultants their recommendation republicans play nice and drop their opposition

is a disaster. he said straight up defeat. listen. >> we can either choose to keep our had i not rock the boat or not stand for anything, or we can stand for principle. if you stand for principle you lose elections, the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don't stand against obamacare, don't stand against the debt ceiling, don't stand against nothing. i want to tell you something, that is a false dichotomy. >> huge response from the audience. this is the biggest gathering of movement conservatives, ideological voters in the country. ryan took a much more middle-of-the-road tone saying republicans can continue to be the party of no, i have to be more creative. one of the discourse republican party in his view is a positive exchange of ideas. later today we will hear from

bobby tindall, the governor of louisiana. chris christie, new jersey governor, he wasn't invited last year, deemed to insufficiently impacted last year. and even donald trump. a whole other roster coming tomorrow. they are arguing over how best to win in 2016 as well as 2014. jenna: we will stay close and follow comments coming from cpac. thank you very much. jon: now this fox news alert, the west punishing russia with the crimea region of ukraine. authorities in eastern ukraine releasing this new video of damage, hundreds of pro-russian activists called after forming a government building. european union union leaders

reporting sanctions. new visa restrictions on russian visitors to the u.s. passing an aid bill for the new pro-western government. russia now responding to the state department accusations president vladimir putin lied about a number of issues including russian forces are only in crimea to protect their assets and ukraine government is illegitimate. meanwhile russian foreign government, foreign minister should say, says no agreement was reached. in his meeting with victory of state john kerry. live in london with the latest for us. reporter: we are tracking a flurry of diplomatic activity in europe while a dangerous new reality is shaped on the ground in ukraine. today the parliament of the southern region of crimea voting to leave ukraine joining russia saying there will be a referendum in 10 days, and if that is passed the state state property could be nationalized.

the traditional ukrainian government in key have is buying this at all calling it illegal. there is a large ethnic population in crimea. we have been watching those additional russian troops and aircraft and ships entering the area. they remain there surrounding the military bases, blocking ships, controlling border crossing. stepping up today, we are told, the russian weaning militias blocked today international monitors from coming in on the ground into crimea. efforts here in europe to roll this all back begins today, the emergency summit for the 28 european union countries are deciding on a range of sanctions with economic ties between russia and europe, particularly today it will be mostly threats, the u.s. is a little bit further ahead on sanctions with visa restrictions and those festival

medic efforts do continue as well. meetings in paris between the various state john kerry and others meeting again today on the sidelines of another meeting. no results coming from those meetings. so far has refused to meet with his counterpart before minister of consensual government in ukraine, that would be key to diplomatic progress. in fact, jon, there has been a response from the president, from the foreign ministry in russia to the state department talking point list of so-called lies by russian president vladimir putin. there was primitive distortion of reality. a rough words. back to you. jon: all about that, a war of words. thank you. jenna: an arrest in the three-year-old disappearance of a young tennessee woman. what police now believe happened to her and who is facing some serious charges now.

also olympic star oscar pistorius breaking down in court at a witness describe the emotional scene moments after pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend. a live report just ahead. >> as i approached the lady, there was a man on his knees on the left side he had his left hand on the right groin, and his right hand in the mouth and i remember the first thing he said when i got there was that he said i shot her, i thought she was a burglar and i shot her. captain obvious: i'm in a hotel.

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. highly emotional testimony in the olympic star oscar pistorius. known as "blade runner" accused of murdering his girlfriend. today he was visibly upset in the courtroom as a witness

described a horrifying scene moments after the shooting. we were in court in south africa and reports to us now on the phone. reporter: jenna, oscar pistorius stood in front of me in the court, his body shaking, crying as a radiologist neighbor described how upon hearing shots he arrived at pistorius' house to find a woman lying on the floor. he said "i shot her, i thought she was a burglar" and had three fingers wedged in her mouth in an attempt to keep her airway open. >> as i looked further, i saw what looked like brain tissue to the right area of the skull. reporter: this was a most dramatic of the trial so far. at one point apparently worried pistorius' heavily heaving body

indicated he was about to vomit, a family member passed him a plastic bag and more dramatic testimony to come. >> oscar is crying all the time, he prayed to god she must not die. >> although this testimony appears heavily in favor with the state defense argument, there must be a reason why this witness was called to the stand by the prosecution. he had to drive th to the secury building at the entrance of the complex and then to the house to find the athlete had not called an ambulance. hoping the iphone records will show whether the blade runner phone anybody after the shooti shooting, who, and what was discussed. jenna: very interesting. thank you very much. jon: another riveting murder case as a socialite reportedly

once engaged to michael douglas found dead in her aspen, colorado home. who police just arrested, coming up. the dow opened higher this morning as we get news on unemployment. plus, new fox polls on how americans really feel about the economy right now.

jon: a shocking murder in a playground for the rich and famous. his socialite found dead in aspen, colorado. now they are under arrest. more now on that, at the breaking news desk.

reporter: she was well known in the colorado social scene, the poor the engaged briefly. she hung out with the kennedys and was a philanthropist. she was found dead in a closet in aspen. a couple who rented the home is accused of killing her. the 62-year-old were tenants in the house while the sister took a long trip to australia, it wasn't working out. posting on facebook would like to stay in australia but the people supposedly taking care of my house are not doing what they are supposed to do, they had not paid rent or utilities. i put the rent lows they would take care of my dog. return to colorado february 22 and kick them out. the body was found four days later. they were arrested in a nearby hotel being held without bail.

a former physician accused a lawyer of overcharging him by $800,000 i$800,000 a previous c. he told his lawyer he was so frustrated at being able to collect he wanted to commit suicide by cop. they will not say how nancy pfister was killed or what evidence they have. they face charges of first-degree murder. the next court date is march 17. jenna: trained the economy now. some new information, americans filing for first-time unemployment is the lowest level in three months. a new fox polls showing 51% say

it seems like the economy is getting worse. 34% say it is getting better. the chief economics correspondent for the "wall street journal" joins us on set. let's start in the order in which we presented it. the market way down on the ukraine, what is it really about? >> what strikes me as resilience with all of this news coming out of the ukraine, the possibility that could hurt european econo economy, the market is back to new highs. i think this is a pretty good environment for american companies and stocks because wages are very low helping profit margin, it is boosting stocks, it is pretty remarkable to me given the turmoil. jenna: record highs this week. do you think it is real? the market is really at those

highs or self perpetuating? >> this is always one of the worries, this is a good environment for american companies, believe it or not. it is a very difficult environment for workers. unemployment is high, but that gives companies the pick of the litter of people they want to hire. they have a lot of exposure overseas which is good when it is growing. the biggest risk for american companies the stock market is what is going on in places like and russia right now. jenna: interesting. you mentioned jobs. bad winter weather with job growth expected to move with warmer temperatures. do you think there's something else going on with the job market? >> that is a running theory right now. numbers look flaky. much better idea tomorrow. i think the first quarter is a wash. we will not have a sense of what kind of shape this economy is

until we get into april or may and see a longer stretch. jenna: the job market and the numbers from americans who say they don't feel so great about the economy. what will it take to make people feel better and feel comfortable feeling better? >> that gets into what i was talking about. for a worker, it is really tough. especially if you have been out of work for a long time. the wages are under a lot of pressure. i understand how americans don't feel very good about the economy because it is not producing gains in a formally across for everybody. it will be a very big question. a lot of democrats hoping this was finally there year when the economy would break out. a lot of people at the federal reserve are thinking that, and

here we are in the third month of the year, there is a lot at stake for them, a midterm election. jenna: great to see you as always. jon: a big breakthrough to tell you about in the disappearance of a young woman who vanished nearly three years ago. we told you about it when it first happened. investigators making an arrest. plus, a new low for president obama in the polls. when americans seem to be disappointed with the performance and the impact that could have on the elections come november. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends.

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jon: a quick look of what is still to come on this hour of "happening now" bid and the arrest of a missing tennessee woman seen being let into the woods of the dark of night. investigators now a man is facing charges now. we will have a live report. president obama's approval rating hitting a new low. when americans seem to be disappointed with the president's performance in a number of areas. and scientists identify a new species of dinosaur. what we are learning about this massive predator. jenna: let's get to that first story, new developments in the case with tennessee woman who disappeared nearly three years ago. the theaters have charged a woman with kidnapping and murdering holly. the latest on this, jonathan.

report back the suspect is 29-year-old zachary adams, he is being held without bond as we speak. facing felony murder and aggravated kidnapping. those charges in connection with the disappearance of holly bobo back in the year 2011. the nursing student who was 20 years old at the time of her disappearance was last seen by her brother, her brother described a man in camouflage gear pushing the young woman into the woods near her home in a small town in rural western tennessee. numerous prayer vigils including a 2012 visit from elizabeth smart cap the story of holly bobo's disappearance in the national spotlight. local residents wish the end could have turned out differently. take a listen. >> we are glad it is over. we are all kind of praying for them now. she is home, we know she is home. reporter: last week police

arrested zachary adams on an unrelated charge on an assault on his girlfriend's sister. authorities searched the property and found evidence which they were able to present to a grand jury looking into holly bobo's disappearance. police say their investigation is still active and ongoing. back to you. jenna: jonathan, thank you very much. jon: more on the fox polls on how americans feel of president obama's job performance. his overall job approval rating plummets to a record low in fox polling history just 38% of voters say president obama is doing a good job. the president not faring any better on the old campaign promise for improving image around the world. 33% saying he has succeeded at that. let's get into it with a fox news political analyst particularly among independents he is not doing well and that

could be crucial for the election coming up, right, angela? >> you're right. it will not be decided i republicans, will not be decided by democrats and will be decided by independents, they want results. the bottom line is out of the areas when the president was polled, transparency, health care, creating jobs, even our international image, independence feel the president has failed. if we look at the approval rating among democrats, 5% of republicans approve of obama, which i am not surprised, only 28% of independents approve of the president. that is why we are seeing a lot of democrats in the red states moving away from the president and his policy. jon: barely one in four approve of his policies. that is where the elections are won or lost in this country. >> exactly.

if you look at americans as a whole, 59% of americans feel the president has failed in his policy and creating jobs, 56% of americans feel the president has failed an in creating a better economy. if you ask most people today are you better off today than four years ago, most will say no, people are still losing their homes and if they have a mortgage, they are underwater. so this does not mean republicans are sure in the fall. jon: if he has succeeded on certain issues, he is down in every column, making the country safer, improving health care, improving the economy, creating jobs for improving the u.s. image. particularly when it comes to the u.s. image abroad, that was one of his campaign promises. when asked about approval of president obama's foreign policy as recent as december of 2013 he got 29% approval rating.

now it is down to just one in three, 33%, angela, approve of the foreign-policy. i imagine what is going on with russia and the ukraine has a lot to do with that. >> russia, the ukraine, the president got the sections dealing with iran, israel, but also if you remember during the democratic convention, usama bin laden is dead, that is not a foreigforeign-policy but again f republicans want to win in the fall, they want to take the white house, and i respect ted cruz, but people want solutions. i am from the school of coming up i in the republican party wih creative solutions to the problems people have today. americans are suffering but tired of the division. if you look at the congressional approval rating, it is not that great either.

jon: here's a question ronald reagan asked when he campaigned against jimmy carter. are you better off in that case than four years ago as in the country is better off now than it was five years ago when mr. obama took office, only 34%, barely one in three, say yes. 60% say no. that is a pretty significant number, and it doesn't bode well for democrats coming up in november. >> no, it doesn't load well. again, this president said he would be the president of transparency. he failed there with 59% of americans feel his presidency has not been transparent. he said he would bring the people to washington, d.c. the longer washington, d.c., insiders, but the president has not been transparent and people don't trust him like they used to. we have changed, hope and change, but we want change and solutions.

people have to come up with policies and stop demagogy this president talking about his failures. what are you going to do to create a better america. jon: fox news political analysis, thank you, angela. >> thanks, jon. jenna: big change in a big exam, some of the tough s.a.t. words you will never remember the rest of your life will go away. it could be good news, it could be bad news. plus, america's most beautiful forest, see what they are doing. how park rangers are cracking down next. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services cpanies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male annouer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in.

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jon: get out your number two pencil, big changes are coming for high school seniors. the college board announcing a makeover for the sat exams. >> the changes take effect in 2016, it will impact students currently in ninth grade or

younger. it drops the mandatory essay making it optional instead and returns to be familiar 1600. scoring scale. one that was dumped in the last change in 2005. the college board says the redesign removes words from the vocabulary section focusing on words widely used in college and career. it does away with the controversial deduction for wrong multiple-choice answers. a rule deterring random guesses. it will offer new test preparation tutorials online for free. hoping this will eliminate the edge given to wealthier children taking prep classes. the college board will offer for waivers of college application fees for low income text takers. they can buy more than one and a half million students graduating high school each year. recently many have offered to take the rival azt instead. more testtakers reported taking

the azt then the sat. jon: my daughter is taking the s.a.t. on saturday. i will have to ask her what she thinks about all of this. >> she won't get the changes, but we will see. jon: thank you. jenna: i still don't like it. i am not comfortable. we will move onto this, a story we told you about yesterday. here in the united states attacking some of the natural treasures. redwood national and state parks in california take extreme measures now to take him back protect the trees. some have been growing for thousands of years. people are now sneaking into the woods and mutilating the redwoods for their own again, cutting out burros at the bottom of the tree sold and used to make furniture. the acting superintendent of the california state park redwood coaching sector. you are really having to take action now.

we're seeing these stories on fox news and "the new york times." why is it getting so bad, what is going on? >> we're being implicated in previous investigations legitimate sources are becoming less available for various reasons. supplying the materials to vendors have criminal record, so this is a way they can get an income to support their need. jenna: we are seeing of the majestic trees on the screen, they are amazing to be around, so to see them cut into this way is really disturbing. i would imagine it is pretty disturbing to you as well. >> these trees are priceless, only 5% of the remaining redwood

forest. to see them injured in this manner is very disturbing, these trees belong to everyone, and international reserve as well. jenna: does it kill the tree? >> not necessarily. with any open wound it can attract diseases or destabilize the trees so a windstorm it may blow over easier. the redwoods are very resilient and they can heal, but obviously habitual impacts and the adjacent impact the endangered species and other canopy. jenna: we're seeing the outfit of the tree, it is very valuable because of the beautiful color. what exactly are you doing to make sure this doesn't happen. >> increasing coordination with law enforcement agencies, this effort to close the roadway in

the evening, he cannot see them in the dark. and ability to monitor close to this particular area, the rangers are doing extra shifts, increasing patrols. this was a high priority. jenna: thank you for your time today. hope the bad guys stopped doing that. thank you very much. >> thank you. jon: that is awful. scientist discover a new species of dinosaur, a dinosaur king in his own right. where he roamed the earth and how he stacks up against good old t rex. plus, outrage at a california school after third-graders are busted for smoking pot in the bathroom. yes, you heard that right, third-graders. >> shocked about the marijuana. >> third grade and have their own pipe.

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jon: writes now recreational marijuana is legal in some states but not in california. and nowhere is it legal for third-graders. free at home or busted for smoking pot in a bathroom. live with that in los angeles. reporter: jon, this is the youngest pot bust the police can remember. the bust happened about a week ago at the elementary school when two eight-year-old and a nine-year-old were caught by another student smoking pot with their own pipe in the boys room. tying a student who called

police. >> we saw the three kids gets taken out of the bathroom, but that is all we saw. >> it was bad because they were little kids and it shouldn't have happened. reporter: now the trio were questioned and released the parents. police say the use a small amount of marijuana. they did not appear to be under the influence because they had a little smoking experience, but they say the pot came from multiple sources. the superintendent would not discuss discipline but there is a zero tolerance in school for possible they could be suspended or expelled, which is what some parents want. >> shocked about the marijuana. >> in third grade and have their own pipe. i think they should be expelled, follofollow-up further to wherey found it. reporter: no one under 12 is usually charged with a crime but can go to juvenile court and given a possible home situation.

they have to determine if the kids know what they were doing was illegal because in this area of california hot can grow like tomatoes in some neighborhoods. jon: they are thinking they brought this stuff from home? >> they don't know if they had a supplier on the street or picked up from an older brother or parent. at this point we don't know. jon: thanks. jenna: we hear a lot of crazy stories, have you ever heard of something like that? jon: i have not. one of the pitfalls of legalizing it evolve a sudden it is absolutely good for adults, kids are going to say it is good for me too. jenna: hopefully they do not have a supplier on the street. we will keep you updated on that story as wild as it is. let's go to dinosaurs. move over, t-rex. scientists and portugal have discovered in a dinosaur that could be the largest land predator ever found in europe.

it is called torvosaurus. reportedly 33 feet long, had a 4-foot long skull, blade sharp teeth, blade shaped teeth and weighed between 4-5-ton. he lived about 150 million years ago so you're likely not going to bump into him, but scary all the same. jon: a very cool picture. how could we not show this? check it out. jenna's adopted home state of texas, mutton busting time. kids proving you are never too young for little writing and roping. the cowboys and cowgirls on top of a sheep and try to hold on for dear life when thhe person n the latest walks away with a champions belt buckle. jenna: the moral is my home

state of california, eight-year-old are smoking pot in bathrooms and in my adopted home state of texas, eight-year-olds are mutton busted. jon: i would think it is a mutton busting in california too. jenna: the numbers the race the white house, karl rove will weigh in on the candidates voters seem to like. and as delicious as desert may be, we eat way too much sugar. find out how much we're supposed to eat. plus, talk about what effects that could have on your brain coming up.

jon: a fox news alert, the crucial midterm elections just around the corner, but brand new fox polls are shedding some light on the 2016 race for the white house. hello, everyone, welcome the a brand new hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, and the big takeaway from our brand new polls concerning

heavy hitters from both parties, new jersey governor. chris christie and form orer secretary of state hillary clinton -- former secretary of state hillary clinton. mrs. clinton dominating the field with 50% of registered voters saying she would make a good president, while governor christie is tied with former florida governor jeb bush and florida senator marco rubio. karl rove is former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and a fox news contributor. karl, we see familiar names and faces on that list. generally speaking, what do those names tell us about the state of either party? >> well, the republican field is big, lots of names that were tested in the poll, even more names that are likely to be candidates. the democrat list, obviously, is very short, one name on it. but let's take all of this with more than a grain of salt. in fact, if we took the appropriate amount of salt, our doctors would be saying we had too much sodium. [laughter] this is way early. if you look back to 2005 and '6,

for example, polls would have shown that hillary clinton was going away merchandise the democratic primary -- inside the democratic primary and inside the general electorate and, obviously, it doesn't turn out that way. strange things can happen, and lots of strange things will happen. jenna: i appreciate, by the way, of you teasing our health segment later on in the hour. >> yeah, exactly. jenna: we're going to be talking about sugar and salt. as you finish your thought just for our viewers for context and their own knowledge, when do you really start looking at polls for 2016? when do the numbers become relevant? >> el, i think they start to become relevant sort of mid, you know, lawsuit spring, early summer of of 2015. but there are interesting things to take away from this, and the one interesting thing i take away from this is if you look at the change in chris christie's standing, he in the previous poll 34% thought that he was capable, he would be a good president.

i think it is now seven points less on that scalement the number of people who have said that he would not make a good president has jumped 19. so his support has dropped some, but what has really happened is that people who didn't know enough about him to have an opinion now have an adverse opinion of him to be president. that ain't good news. he's got plenty of time to reverse it, but what happens now is not so much the relative standing of these people, but any movement that you see because it gives a sense of who has momentum and who doesn't. jenna: we're showing live pictures of cpac right now, carl cameron reminded us last year he wasn't even invited to this conference. you mentioned some numbers, so i'm just going to show them to our viewers because these are new numbers we have on chris christie, would he make a good president? yes is at 24%, no is at 52%, but you can see that's a big change from the previous few months. and then this, this is also something that we saw. how much will the bridge scandal hurt chris christie's presidential campaign? and 70% of people said a great

deal or somewhat. karl, on what chris christie is doing now, addressing the crowd of conservatives, obviously, he's thought of as somebody for the republican party in 2016. what do you think he needs to do now? >> well, first, he needs to push on through this scandal. that is to say, it needs to come to a closure through the normal investigation that's going to be, the normal timing that's going to be of the investigation and so forth. i think charles krauthammer caught it right a few weeks ago when he said he's one e-mail away from total destruction. i don't think there's that e-mail, and if that's true, people are going to begin to judge him in the aftermath of all this. but it is clear this has caused some damage to his candidacy. and part of the reason that a he's at cpac is that(&>d÷ cpac,u know, in a moment of crisis, conservativessen tend to rally around, and he's in a moment of crisis, and he's been invited to give a speech at a major conservative gathering, and my

sense is he's being pretty well received. jenna: do you think any of this conversation about chris christie, again, some of other names we saw on the list for presidential candidates for 2016, do you think that has any immediate impact on the midterm elections whether in themes or in candidates? >> no, i don't. i do think the presidential campaign should intrude into the midterm elections in this sense, we at the end of the election will begin to judge these people about how much is this about something bigger than themselves. have they made the 2014 election about something bigger than just their own personal potential am bugs for the white house? chris christie is well positioned for that. his speech today is talking about other republican governors and their records in their states. he's chairman of the republican governors' association. so he's going to be able to go around raising money for republican gubernatorial candidates and extolling the positive record that these governors are building in their states. and that's what this year is going to be, you know,

beneficial to candidates is if they figure out how to use it to make this about something more than just themselves and more than just about, you know, them going to iowa and new hampshire and south carolina and nevada, the four earliest states on the republican side, you know, endless numbers of time toes. we will judge them consciously or unconsciously on how much they've done to advance the broader cause. jenna: on the subject of fundraising and also the midterm elections, just a quick final thought from you, karl, on this. "the new york times" has an editorial today that says republicans placed the wrong bet, and it's an editorial about how republicans are placing the wrong bet on health care because of the changes, the recent changes that have, quote-unquote, improved the experience of americans. also dr. ezekiel emanuel, he's the architect, so-called architect of the health care law, out with a new quote today, and i says this: regardless of the short-term political costs, in the longer sweep of history, the aca will increasingly be seen as a world historical

achievement. even more important for the united states than social security and medicare had have . and barack obama will be viewed more like harry truman, judged with increasing respect over time. so strong opinion there, karl, in general in the short term here let's just concentrate on the next few months. >> yeah. i'd say two things. i'd say two things. one is, is that if the affordable care act -- if obamacare was the big plus that charles blow thought, then the president wouldn't be constantly delaying the implementation of key provisions of it. if it was all that good, then bring it on quicker, not delay it until after the election. i'd say the second thing is, ezekiel emanuel's article makes me think that maybe he was out there with those third graders in california. [laughter] think about this. he says, he says that the value of the affordable care act is to be found in four things; efficiency, value, cost control and accountability for quality. what happened to all those promises they used to sell it to us, that it was going to wrung wrung -- bring down our

premiums, that we were going to be able to keep our doctor -- jenna: all right, so you disagree. so, karl, do you think then republicans just pedal to the metal go full force over the next -- >> pedal to the metal, pedal to the metal, but they have to offer up what they would do. think about this, in emanuel's article he talks about the six things that are going to happen as a result of the affordable care act. here are the megatrends in health care presumably brought on by obamacare. we're going to, quote, end insurance companies as you know them, they're going to be back room managers of government money. we're going to have vup cower for chronic -- vip care for chronic and mentally ill. we're going to close a thousand hospitals, he thinks that's a good thing. we're going to end employer-provided health insurance coverage, we're going to stop rises in health care costs -- jenna: all right, so you don't like anything about it. >> well, first of all, most of those things are not going to happen. the government, the administration's own health care -- jenna: right.

>> -- experts say this is going to increase health care experts -- jenna: that's what they say, but here's the question, karl. here's the question. do people get sick of it? because those things may not happen over the next several months, does the american public get sick of hearing about obamacare? as you point out, if republicans do not offer a solution, a clear solution, points to counter that, then it doesn't help them. >> right. jenna: what are your thoughts about that? >> right. well, i, look, you can't make it only about repealing obamacare. you've got to make it about repealing and replacing. they have to have a positive and optimistic view. and you're right, second of all, it can't just be about health care. the biggest issue is the economy. and jobs. and republicans have to offer a growth agenda and talk about how they're going to put the fuss call house in order and get the economy growing stronger and better so every american can participate in prosperity and opportunity. but you're right, it can't just be about repealing obamacare, it's got to be about something bigger than that, and it's got

to be about the bigger issues that people care about as well like the chi and jobs and deficits -- like the economy and jobs and deficits. jenna: it's fair to to say that you and dr. emanuel don't get coffee together. >> no. after seeing him on megyn kelly, i'm not sure anybody gets coffee with that guy. he is one tough hombre. jenna: he certainly is, and he always gives us something to talk about that. karl, it's nice to have you on the program, we covered a lot of ground there, appreciate it as always. >> thank you, jenna. jon: right now the house expected to approve within the next few hours the first aid measure for ukraine's fragile new government pledging about $1 billion in loan guarantees. meantime, the house armed services committee is meeting now to discuss defense budget cuts this as the pentagon is boosting our military presence in eastern europe, sending fighter jets to our nato allies there. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon. so, jennifer, is there concern

about how russia views all of this discussion about budget cuts right now? >> absolutely. in fact -- but, jon, it is important to remember that these budget hearings have been scheduled for some time. the cuts are not new. there has been talk of sequestration and deep budget cuts for several yearings, but -- years, but there is bipartisan concern about message being sent to russia right now and about the proposed defense cuts. >> the white house fact sheet on the key budget issues makes it clear that defense is not a priority in this budget. and while no one would argue that hard choices will have to be made in light of budget caps, the president seems to want it both ways with this budget request. >> with a budget that really makes our military weak in what we need it to do. >> reporter: the timing couldn't be worse with russia having sent 6,000 troops into the crimea and russia's forces remaining, we're told, on ukraine's border, the u.s. army

is set to be slunk to the smallest force since the start of world war ii, jon. jon: so what's the latest that the pentagon has taken in response to the ukraine crisis? >> reporter: well, the pentagon announced this morning and hagel talked about it at the hearing this morning that six f-15 fighter jets have arrived in lithuania to help patrol over the baltics on russia's border, two air refuel ors sent as well, an additional u.s. navy destroyer left greece enroute to the black sea as part of a routine rotation. in other words, the dod is continuing with that rotation, sending that destroyer into the black sea despite the rising tension with russia. there is an interesting development in terms of moves made by russia right now to sink one of their own ships, to block ukrainian ships in a port on the crimea, and we've just heard from poland that 12 f-16 fighter

jets sent by the u.s. and nato have arrived in poland. we're trying to confirm that right now. jon: jennifer griffin, thank you. jenna: we're getting word of a new russian military maneuver off the coast of crimea. according to ukraine's defense ministry, russia intentionally sunk this anti-submarine ship in order to blockade ukrainian ships and prevent them from leaving a nearby base and going into the open seament the russian navy sinking the ship in the straits connecting the black sea. no word yet from russia on this. interesting. so much on the line when it comes to this unfolding crisis. we're going to have of analysis on the high stake here and why they extend beyond ukraine. that's coming up a little later on in the show. jon: raw emotion at the blade runner murder trial in south africa. the testimony that made oscar pistorius break down in tears. the latest report from the courtroom just ahead. and a disturbing new study on what obesity might be doing to your brain.

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♪ jon: the irs targeting scandal coming back to life with a vengeance, reigniting the political battles on capitol hill. lois lerner, the former official at the center of the agency's targeting of conservative groups, appeared before the house oversight committee yesterday. as she did in her previous appearance, she took the fifth, wouldn't testify. but this time she did it more than once. >> i will decline to answer any question on the subject matter of hearing. on the advice of my counsel, i

respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question. on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question. on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question. jon: david hawkings is senior editor of roll call. david, what are the folks at home supposed to make of this if this woman repeatedly takes the fifth amendment when she's in front of a congressional committee? >> well, the republicans, obviously, are trying to leave the public with the impression that ms. lerner is trying to hide something or trying to protect someone or trying to shield herself from being guilty, being -- exposing herself as guilty be not of a crime, then of misbehavior with respect to the core of this controversy which just to say it in a sentence is what ms. lerner has said in the past when she was not on the witness stand was

that at the irs there was a time period where they were evaluating groups with conservative-sounding names, groups with tea party in their name for tax-exempt status more strenuously than any other groups. that's what the republicans are trying to get at. but as you showed in the clip right before the break, they weren't really able to make that the story yesterday. jon: so then we get into this disagreement between darrell issa who runs the committee and the ranking minority member on the committee, elijiah cummings. they had that, well, that a verbal blow-up, cummings saying he, you know, is tired of this kind of thing. but he has been accused by conservative groups of being overbearing, too, in his use of committee letterhead and so forth on issues related to this. >> you know, that may be, may be true, but perception in the moment is what matters in terms of political stage craft.

speaker boehner, john boehner began this year with sort of a mantra to his leadership which was in this election year, let's stop making ourselves the story. let's stop making in the national coverage narrative about house republicans. let's make it about the issues. and i would say chairman issa sort of violated that rule because his decision to talk on elijiah cummings with the cameras still rolling, essentially, made the this story about their -- made this story about their spat, not about what the republicans are trying to focus on which was, you know, what was really going on in the irs and how high up in the obama administration chain of command did this order to scrutinize the conservative groups more strenuously than others, how high did it go? where did the buck stop on that? instead of a discussion about that, most of the coverage today is about this, chairman issa's decision to turn off the microphones, to draw his hand across his throat and said we're

through here. it's given the democrats an opportunity to make more of a deal of this today. about a hundred democrats went on the house floor in the past hour, introduced what's called a privileged resolution condemning darrell issa for his behavior. they've written a letter to john boehner asking that he be stripped of his gavel. this will keep this story going. the democrats are entitled to a vote on this resolution, it will be defeated almost certainly on a party line vote, but it keeps the story going in a way that the republicans didn't really hope for. jon: as you say, it's become more about the stage craft than about substance of the hearings. david hawkings, senior editor for roll call can, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: well, some new fears that moscow has set its sights on more than just crimea as russia tightens its grip on the strategic peninsula. a national security expert joins us with his take as to why he believes the crisis extends far beyond ukraine. also, defense attorneys on

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jenna: well, pro-russian forces now increasing their control of crimea. more than 11,000 troops reportedly control all access to peninsula and are blockading military bases that have not yet surrenderedded. russian president vladimir putin says his forces are protecting ethnic russians who comprise more than 17% of ukraine's populationment our next guest says russia may use that same excuse in other areas of europe, and that's what he's watching. senior fellow and director of the center for national security is studies at the hudson institute.

so, douglas, start there. why do you think he could use it other places, and where would he use that excuse to get involved in other places? >> well, i'm concerned that putin may think that if his gambit in ukraine works, that he could then claim to be protecting russian minorities, for example, in the baltic states. latvia, for example, has a substantial russian minority, and he could do the same thing that he's been doing in ukraine claiming that he's protecting ethnic russians there in order to make a move directly against nato if he believes that the nato countries wouldn't fight. so i think it's a real challenge to president obama and the other nato leaders to make sure that putin doesn't do something like that. it would be very dangerous. jenna: based on your article, "temptation of vladimir putin," i was taking a look at russian populations in estonia and

latvia, and they actually have larger populations, russian ethnic populations than ukraine. so that fits in with your point. we see other editorials that say we're really giving vladimir putin way too much credit right now, that that's not his goal, he's just focused on this one area for this point at time, and he's not looking to go more places. what do you say to folks that believe that? >> well, i hi that we have to recognize it's a risk. we don't know what the future holds, what kind of calculations putin may make. our job, the job of national security officials in the united states and throughout the west is to send putin the right kinds of signals so that he doesn't believe either that he can destroy nato without war by moving into latvia and believing that he wouldn't be resisted and that he doesn't make a miscalculation that might cause a major war. because, after all, if he did move into latvia, it's very possible that nato would defend

latvia. and so we don't want putin to make a miscalculation that could lead to a major war. jenna: how do we send the right message, doug? >> i think whatever he would be considering doing elsewhere in the baltics or elsewhere is going to depend in part on how strong the reaction of the world is against the aggressive steps that he's taken in ukraine. so i think that part of the answer is to insure that russia pays a substantial price for the aggressive actions it's taken in ukraine so far. and i think the administration has taken some steps. there's more they could do. there are economic measures that should be considered, there are financial measures that should be considered, there may be measures that could be taken against individual russian leaders along the lines of of a law, there are military deployments that could be made in the nato countries that are

at risk -- jenna: so you think more aggressive now, doug, that we should default more aggressive now rather than wait to default aggressive later? >> well, i don't believe that it's aggressive. i think that we should be clear in our very strong disapproval so that putin does not make mistake of believing that he has low-cost options to commit other aggressions elsewhere. i think that's the strategy that has the greatest chance of avoiding war. jenna: interesting. so even if you don't agree putin's going there, you say cut it off before with it even becomes an idea if that's the case. doug, always nice of to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> good to talk to you. jon: high drama at the blade runner murder trial. oscar pistorius break down again in court as a neighbor describes the gruesome scene he encountered moments after the track star shot his girlfriend. plus, the white house announcing yet another delay for the health care law. ed henry live at the executive mansion. ed? >> reporter: well, good to see

you, jon. hillary clinton has some criticism for how the white house has been selling the law. that story when we come back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ]

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jenna: right now another delay for obamacare. the administration announcing consumers can keep health insurance plans that don't comply with the new law for an extra two years. let's go to chief white house correspondent ed henry. ed, this would seem to give critics even more ammunition on health care? >> reporter: it does, jenna. because these are those

individual plans that were the source of great controversy, when the president said you like your plan you can keep it, that didn't turn out to be true for millions of people with those specific plans. you will remember the white house explanation, was, well, these are substandard plans and peel, should have better plans than that. they are willing to let people keep those what they call substandard plans. they want to get this pasted midterm elections and potentially 2016 presidential election. republicans are screaming this about politics. we have a new fox poll in terms of rating the obama administration how they handled health care. shirt 6% say, mostly succeeded. 57% say mostly failed. republicans like john thune say that is in part because of all these tweaks. >> if they really cared about helping the american people, they would delay this law in its entirety. and, that would be the best thing they could do. then work with us in an approach that actually does address the costs of health care in this

country. >> reporter: you hear republicans on the hill also saying when they try to repeal or change the law, they're accused of sabotage, but when the president changes his own law, the white house says that's a good thing. jenna? jenna: how is the white house responding in general, ed? >> reporter: well, the white house officials as well as top democrats on the hill are defending the president saying what he is trying to do is give consumers more flexibility. this particular issue with delaying and allowing the ability with this two-year delay for people to keep individual plans, democrats say like chris van hollen, that is what republicans are yelling about, people like the plan if they liked it keep it. president is boeing back to do that. chris van hollen said stick with it. >> you would think our republican colleagues would support this. this is one of issues they have raised. this is the effort to address those concerns. >> reporter: interesting that hillary clinton gave a speech yesterday which she accused republicans on one hand spreading disinformation on the health care law but offered

critsystem. white house saying democrats need to do a better job of selling the benefits of this law. the president has been saying for a couple years he is going to sell the benefits. that is interesting for hillary clinton, a possible candidate in 2016, to say that, jenna. jenna: ed henry, live at the white house. thank you. jon: right now dramatic testimony in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the south african olympian accused in the shooting death of his girl friend, model viva steenkamp. he claims he thought she was an intruder. pistorius is holding his head in his hand describing what he encountered at athlete's home after the fatal shots were fired. >> he was trying all the time. he tried to say, please let her live. she must not die. he said saying that he will dedicate his life and her life to god if she would only live and not die that night.

jon: that is the voice of johan stipp. a radiologist and neighbor of oscar pistorius. let's bring in prosecutor dan shore and criminal defense attorney ashley merchant. ashley, to you first. one of the things this guy says, he gets to the house. he finds oscar pistorius cradling his girlfriend's body. apparently she is already deceased. trying to keep her away open. i shot her, i thought she was an intruder. doesn't that help the defense case and not the prosecution? >> it definitely helps the defense. this buttresses pistorius's story he said from day one, he was scared. he thought she was a burglar and that was justifiable. what he is saying it wasn't self-defense against steenkamp but actually he thought he had to act in self-defense because he thought someone was breaking into the house. this neighbor and their testimony goes right along with pistorius's story.

it shows he was aging how you would expect someone to act if they accidentally shot a loved one. he was distrout. he was upset. he was crying. he was begging for her to live, praying to god. those are all things someone would do in this type of situation. jon: dan, you're the prosecutor on this panel. this is prosecution witness i understand. why would they put on a guy who would tell this story? >> i disagrees this helps the defense. this is very powerful testimony because it shows reality and enormity of what oscar pistorius did. the court is formal place with lawyers and judge, doesn't mean you leave every day common sense at hope. come men sense tells you there is no reason at all to shoot into a closed bathroom door four times when you know your girl friend is staying over and you think she is bed. you will find out who is in there. make sure she is in bed or not in bed. defies all common sense. because he had a cover story within minutes that he shot her doesn't help him i think.

jon: our correspondent paul tillssy who is there in the courtroom, covering this, thing, ashley, the doctor testified he heard gunshots, even though they were neighbors, he had to get in his car, drive through some kind of a security gate and once he was cleared in through the gate he arrived at pistorius's house. that suggests a fair amount of time passed before oscar pistorius, you know, before he finds pistorius there with reeva steenkamp on the ground. apparently pistorius had not yet called an ambulance. >> right. i think that is damaging testimony, if he had not actually called an ambulance. i believe he called sop of his security guards. it can be reasonable for him to get up and testify, i thought my security was going to call an ambulance. what i was trying to do is save her. he was apparently trying to save her. pressing on the one and had his fingers in her mouth trying to open the airway. that does actually help his argument this was self-defense and he did not intend to kill her. the issue here, the tricky thing

for pistorius is going to be whether or not he is found guilty of the lesser crime of culpable homicide. where the judge would then determine that he was maybe negligent perhaps. it wasn't premeditated murder. he didn't actually intend to kill her but he was negligent in firing. i think that is much stronger case for them than what they're reaching for is overreaching in my opinion of premeditated murder. jon: also some new developments in another case we're following. let's turn to that now. a one-time colorado socialite accused of plotting the murder of her ex-husband for the insurance money. you see pamela phillips in court there. dan, one of the aspects of this case that was testified to yesterday is that prosecutors found $400,000 in payments that had been sent from pamela phillips to robert young, her ex-boyfriend, although this jury hasn't heard it, was convicted of setting the car bomb that killed this man.

who sends $400,000 to an ex-boyfriend? >> really no logical explanation for that. i think that is one reason you will never see her take the stand. she will have to actually give some kind of answer to that. there is clear motive in this case. she got a $2 million insurance policy after her ex-husband was killed. her ex-boyfriend has been convicted in the killing as you said. looks like she paid him $400,000. she also according to other testimony made a statement to a friend before the killing saying that maybe she should hire a hit man to kill her husband. so there's lot of evidence here and the prosecution is trying to tie it together. jon: ashley, how does the defense try to counteract that? >> like dan said, she will probably not going to be able to take the stand because how would she possibly explain this payment? she may say she was trying to pay him back or something but what the state is going to do, they will need to bring this gentleman, mr. young, in court so he can explain that i'm betting he will not come to court very willing since he is now serving a life sentence for

his own murder conviction. jon: this is a fascinating case. we'll continue to watch it. dan schorr, and i'm sorry, pamela, ashley merchant. tried to give you name of the defendant. sorry, ashley. >> no thank you. jon: thanks. >> well a new warning about something a lot of us can't live without or maybe just can't avoid. we're innocent in this, jon. we can't help the sugar that we eat every day, can we? just a little bit. jon: just a spoonful of sugar. jenna: just a spoonful, right. we'll get into new recommendations how much you're really supposed to eat. plus can your brain get fat? that is a big question today that we'll take up with our doctors coming up. ♪ hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn?

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jon: fox news alert. secretary of state john kerry we

believe is about to step to the microphone at this news conference in rome. he has been meeting with various european leaders and we understand a russian foreign minister sergey lavrov regarding the crisis in ukraine. there are some rapidly moving developments on this. interpol said it received a request from the new ukrainian government for the arrest of former president victor yanukovych, the man who fled ukraine, fled from power and perhaps his absence from the scene caused all of this russian involvement in the crimean peninsula. also the fact that the europeans are warning the kremlin that they are ready to take action on a number of economic sake shuns against russia as a result of its crime crimian invasion. john kerry we understand has said some pretty tough things regarding the russian intervention. we'll have more of those remarks as the news develops on this front.

jenna? jenna: we'll turn to health news. big developments concerning your health new guide against from the world health organization suggesting that people should cut their sugar consumption in half and the harmful effects of obesity on the brain of all places development. a practicing nutritionist and author of read it before you eat it and we have both of you on sit. this is the brain study, doctor, they're saying fat or obesity could potentially do something to the protective barrier that surrounds our brain. how so? >> i think that is really true because we have certainly seen it in our gut. you heard of the leaky gut. jenna: oh, that doesn't sound good. i don't want leaky anything. >> it isn't healthy. if you're more than 20% above your ideal weight your tissue take as life on its owns and becomes metabolically active. it produce as lot of things,

hormones and things that can disrupt the body's environment. we know it can get into the brain and pass the blood brain barrier. that shouldn't be a shock. every rise of unit of bmi that you achieve -- jenna: body mass index. >> which exactly determines how much fat you have in your body, it is not the most accurate thing but nevertheless the every unit rise risk of stroke could increase 6%. jenna: wow. >> when you take a woman that weighs 235 pounds, she could have a 50% greater risk of having a stroke. so that is pretty striking. >> that is interesting. this study, bonnie was done in mice. hasn't been done in humans yet. >> we're seeing that already. jenna: we're seeing interesting impact of folks that have higher weight. >> it is interesting. when it comes to diet maybe the key is eating foods that actually boost circulation and that are anti-inflammatory. jenna: brain food. >> brain foods like fatty fish, salmon. what about nuts high in vitamin

e like almonds. also spices and seasoning. we need so jazz up the food. something like pepper or beginninger or garlic, that these good can actually boost circulation and maybe that in addition to some exercise and some weight loss is what is really key. jenna: interesting to think your brain could be impacted by fat. not necessarily you areyour brain gets fat but it is an interesting study. let's talk about sugar because the world health organization came out to talk about this. i will show everybody this. this is 50 grams of sugar. that is all you're supposed to get a day. for context, a can much coke is about 33 grams sugar. almost all of what you get every day, bonnie. >> that one can has 10 teaspoons of sugar. the problem is, that sugar is the master of disguise. it is hidden in some different places. whether cane juice, fructose, high-fructose corn syrup. it is all over the place. here is what the issue is. sugar is usually hidden in foods

void of other nutrients. jenna: sugar is in food like apples, doctor. >> it is. jenna: 25 grams of sugar in apple. you can only have two apples a day, nothing else except for water? >> people lose a lot more weight and lower cholesterol when they're on lower carbohydrate diets. if you eat fruits and vegetables with a lost fire in them you're much better off. i would prefer patients saying they're having a lot of vegetables and fruit because of the sugar. so somebody with a high bmi, concerned about the risks of stroke, metabolic syndrome which could expose you to serious diabetes it is important that people cut back on carbohydrates. it is difficult for them to metabolize carbohydrates, even healthy once. jenna: can much coke a day is not good for you. putting sugar in my coffee. eating some fruit, maybe i'm already above that amount, what does that mean? >> you have to read food labels.

>> that is hard. >> the new labels what is exciting the new labels that are proposed will finally separate added sugar from natural sugar. the sugar that is in fruit and milk and yogurt are separated from those added. jenna: is that added? >> this is added sugar. when you have diabetes you have to look at all sugars in your diet. all sugar is important but added ones come without benefits. you need to have foods with benefits, not just high sugar foods that really canour blood sugar up. >> someone with diabetes or someone seriously overweight, it is important that you limit total carbohydrate intake. probably about 30 percent or less every day. jenna: interesting. >> for them so successfully lose weight. i see people, thick, a lot thicker than you see. i'm interested in getting people down pretty quickly before their bmr, basal metabolic rate adjusts after weight loss. jenna: something to think about with 50 grams in a cup.

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jon: there are new signs of significant fractures within the democratic party. president obama called the senate's rejection of his high level department of justice nominee, a quote, travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks. but democrats control the senate. the president would have gotten his nominee through had seven democrats not voted against the man. it is just the latest episode fueling predictions for the big gop gains in november and the loss of the democrats senate majority. shannon bream, live from washington with more on that,

shannon? >> reporter: there was an intense lobbying effort. the president himself was reaching out to senate democrats. as you know it didn't work on seven of them. the white house knew this would be a close vote. vice president biden was in the chamber to break the tie in necessary. senate majority leader harry reid had warned the white house, we might not have all the democrat votes lined up on this but it as apparently given signal to proceed anyway. the administration feeling confident in the end. seven democrats, plus harry reid who voted no for procedural reasons. much defected. some of them apparently thinking they were unwilling to carry the president's water on controversial nominee. here is some of reid's reaction after the vote. >> they distorted this man's good name in an attempt to score points politically and block confirmation after faithful, defender of voting rights, which the republicans do everything they can to not protect. >> reporter: there are numerous reports that senior white house officials are, quote, furious and the president deeply

dispointed losing a few of his key senate votes on this the administration had been on aning with streak in the senate, including invoking "the nuclear option" last fall. you remember that would have meant nominees like a degg bill lay, only needed 50 votes to move forward. here is the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell. >> this nominee however, was so unfit for the position which he would be nominated, even seven democrats couldn't support it. >> reporter: thiasuses rag questions other key issues the whether he can count on democrats from the keystone pipeline, epa regulation, climate change, to raising the minimum wage. jon? jon: shannon bream, in washington, thank you. i did a bit of cycling yesterday to help battle cancer. you can join in as well. we'll show you some pictures coming up.

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